Pipeline Business

Built-in Capacity Constraints Limit Russia's Freedom of Maneuver (Factory_Easy / Shutterstock)
Built-in Capacity Constraints Limit Russia's Freedom of Maneuver (Factory_Easy / Shutterstock)

Built-in Capacity Constraints Limit Russia's Freedom of Maneuver

The global Corona pandemic is having a profound effect on energy markets, leading to a precipitous drop in demand for oil and oil products and forcing major oil producers like Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation to increase production in a struggle for market share.

Europe's leading pipeline conference goes online because of COVID-19
Europe's leading pipeline conference goes online because of COVID-19

Europe's leading pipeline conference goes online because of COVID-19

Hanover/Berlin, 9 March 2020: The annual Pipeline Technology Conference (ptc) will be held online this year. This was announced by the organizer EITEP, immediately after the cancellation of the annual event. The rampant corona virus has made it impossible to hold the event safely and has led to the cancellation of numerous well-known events worldwide.

Process unit for gas processing, the overall plan (copyright: ekipaj / shutterstock)
Process unit for gas processing, the overall plan (copyright: ekipaj / shutterstock)

ExxonMobil Spearheading Efforts to Mitigate Methane Gas Emissions From Pipelines

The energy behemoth ExxonMobil has recently announced proposed changes to performance standard for the oil and gas sector, offering a model framework for industry-wide methane regulations.

Pipe line and valves (faucets) with national flags of Russia and China (copyright by Shutterstock/Aksabir)
Pipe line and valves (faucets) with national flags of Russia and China (copyright by Shutterstock/Aksabir)

Gazprom Delivers 840 Million Cubic Meters Of Natural Gas To China

The 3,000-km “Power of Siberia” pipeline supplied China with 840 million cubic meters of natural gas since it launched in December last year. This amount is equal to 10 million cubic meters a day.

Eddyfi / NDT acquires Halfwave (Copyright: Eddyfi)
Eddyfi / NDT acquires Halfwave (Copyright: Eddyfi)

Eddyfi / NDT acquires Halfwave

Halfwave is the owner of the proprietary Acoustic Resonance Technology (ART), an ultrasound-based technique which allows high-precision measurements without the need for a liquid couplant. The company is currently active worldwide in the field of Subsea inspection and Pipeline inline inspection (ILI).

Druzhba a Central Element in Relations Between Transit Countries (Copyright: участник Водник CC BY-SA 3.0) участник Водник
Druzhba a Central Element in Relations Between Transit Countries (Copyright: участник Водник CC BY-SA 3.0) участник Водник

Druzhba a Central Element in Relations Between Transit Countries

Druzhba, the world's longest oil pipeline of some 4000-km and the preeminent supplier of Russian and Kazakh crude to the Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany, has commanded headlines the past several weeks for its relations within the Druzhba community of nations.  

Electro Scan: Watertightness Testing of Cured-In-Place Pipe Presentation at ptc (Phonlamai Photo / Shutterstock)
Electro Scan: Watertightness Testing of Cured-In-Place Pipe Presentation at ptc (Phonlamai Photo / Shutterstock)

Electro Scan: Watertightness Testing of Cured-In-Place Pipe Presentation at ptc

Electro Scan announced that its CEO & Founder, Chuck Hansen, will speak at the 15th Pipeline Technology Conference (ptc) on Watertightness Testing of Cured-In-Place Pipe, March 30 - April 2, 2020 at the Estrel Congress Center, Berlin, Germany. Hansen will present his paper Wednesday, April 1, 2020, titled "Use of Low Voltage Conductivity to Conduct a 10km Inspection of L

ptc from 2020 onwards with additional program and larger exhibition
ptc from 2020 onwards with additional program and larger exhibition

ptc From 2020 Onwards With Additional Program and Larger Exhibition

The Pipeline Technology Conference, Europe's most important pipeline event, will enter its 15th round at the end of March. ptc is essential for the global pipeline industry in order to find out about the latest technological developments and solutions.

Cactus II Oil Pipeline Sees a Big Jump in Permian Basin Shipments (Reinhard Tiburzy / Shutterstock)
Cactus II Oil Pipeline Sees a Big Jump in Permian Basin Shipments (Reinhard Tiburzy / Shutterstock)

Cactus II Oil Pipeline Sees a Big Jump in Permian Basin Shipments

Plains All American's Permian Basin pipeline systems saw crude volumes jump in the 4th quarter of 2019 due to greater flows on its Cactus II pipeline, which began operations in August of last year.

NDT Global Acquired by Test & Measurement Technology Group Eddyfi/NDT
NDT Global Acquired by Test & Measurement Technology Group Eddyfi/NDT

NDT Global Acquired by Test & Measurement Technology Group Eddyfi/NDT

NDT Global was acquired by Eddyfi/NDT. Eddyfi/NDT, the combination of Eddyfi Technologies and NDT Global, is an innovative and private test and measurement (T&M) technology group focused on non-destructive testing (NDT).

Elecnor Awarded Large-Scale Water Transportation Project In Oman (Copyright by Elecnor)
Elecnor Awarded Large-Scale Water Transportation Project In Oman (Copyright by Elecnor)

Elecnor Awarded Large-Scale Water Transportation Project In Oman

Spanish infrastructure, energy and telecommunications group, Elecnor, has been awarded a contract to carry out a large water transmission and supply project in Oman. The project will be realized through a joint venture with TARGET and has a value of about 192 million Euro. 

Trans Mountain Marks the Start of Pipeline Construction (Copyright by Trans Mountain)
Trans Mountain Marks the Start of Pipeline Construction (Copyright by Trans Mountain)

Canadian Federal Court of Appeal: Go for the Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline

The Federal Court of Appeal rejected claims by the indigenous peoples of Canada known as First Nations that federal officials failed to adequately consult with them on the 1000-km of new Trans Mountain pipeline, removing the final major barrier hanging over the long-delayed project.